The Enforcement Directorate raided locations of Haryana Congress MLA Surender Panwar, former INLD legislator Dilbag Singh and a few others as half of a cash laundering case linked to alleged unlawful mining in Yamuna Nagar district of the state, official sources mentioned. While Panwar is a member of the Haryana Assembly from Sonipat, Singh has represented the Yamuna Nagar seat from the Indian National Lok Dal (INLD).
The ED groups are escorted by armed personnel of central paramilitary forces.
The cash laundering case stems from a number of FIRs of the Haryana Police registered to probe alleged unlawful mining of boulders, gravel and sand that occurred up to now in Yamuna Nagar and close by districts even after the lease expiry interval and courtroom’s order.
The central company can also be probing alleged fraud within the ‘e-ravan’ scheme, an internet portal that was introduced by the Haryana authorities in 2020 to simplify assortment of royalties, and taxes and to forestall tax evasion in mining areas.
